The good news: 'she' only costs $175. The bad news: it's a robot! you twit. (video)"She's very lovable and though she's not a human, she can act like a real girlfriend," said Minako Sakanoue, a spokeswoman for the maker, Sega Toys.
Using her infrared sensors and battery power, the diminutive damsel named "EMA" puckers up for nearby human heads, entering what designers call its "love mode".
Japan, home to almost half the world's 800,000 industrial robots, envisions a $10-billion market for artificial intelligence in a decade.
Krykee. We hardy deserve evolutionary success.
